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POET It Y.
From Ike U. S. Literary Gantte.
SONG OF THE STARS.
When (he radiant morn of creation broke,
And the world in the smile of God awoke,
And the empty realms of darkness and death
Were mov’d through their depths by his mighty
breath.
And orb* of beauty slid spheres of flame,
From the void abyss, by myriads came.
In the joy of youth, as they darted away,
Through the widening wastes of space to play,
Their silver voices in chores rung,
And this was the song the bright ones sung:—
Away, away, through the wide, wide *ky,
The fair blue fields that before us lie;
Each sun with the worlds that round u roll,
Each planet pois’d, on her turning pole,
With her isles of green, and her clouds of white,
And her waters thatjie like duid light.
For the source of glory uncovers his face.
And (he brightness o’erfiows unbounded space ;
And we drink as we go the luminous tide*
in our ruddy air and onr blooming sides;
Im, yonder the living splendours play !
Away, on our joyous path, away I
Look ! look, through our glittering ranks afar,
In the infinite asure, star after star,
How they brighten and bloom as they swiftly pass!!
How the verdure runs o’er each rolling mass!
And the path of the gentle winds is seen,
Where the small wares dance, and the young
woods lean. *\
And see, where the brighter day-beams pour.
How the rainbows hang in the sunny shower ;
And the mofva and the eve, with their pomp of
hoes,’ A
Sbifl o’er the bright planets and! shed their dews ;
And ’twist them \>oth, o’er the teeming ground,
With her shadowy\-one, the night goes round.
Away, away !—-in our blossoming bowers,
In the soft air wrapping these spheres of ours,
In the seas and fountain* that shine with_raorn,
See. love is brooding, ajtd life is born,
And breathing myriads Tire breaking from night,
To rejoice, like us, in nX-tion and light.
Glide on in your beauty, ye youthful spheres 1
To the dance that measures the years.
Glide on in the glory and gladness sent
To the farthest wall of this firmament,
The boundless visible sro-le of Him, “
To the veil of whose brow your lamps are dim.
From the Massachusetts Yeoman.
The writer of the following Sketch* has suffer
ed his imagination to run forward (illy years, to
depict the interest at that j*riod, excited by
(he name of Lafatktte. \ ■ •’ i—
l
A SKETCH.
CHILD. I
Who was Fayette, papa ?
FATHER. . \
Child, he was one
Os those old patriots who helped to save
Our country from the ruin that hung o’er i
11 r struggling infancy. He lived when he
\Vho‘e story <hou hast read so often, lived, 1
Our own great Washington. It was a long, <
lain? time ago. These aged trees, these i
That strrtch their old, decaying branches o’er in, |
Were not then planted; and that trembling spire,
And thoe gray columns where the ivy cling', ‘
Stand where the sullen wolf was prowling then.
CHILD. ‘
So long ago f post thou remember him ? 1
FATHER.
No; hut 1 have heard toy father’s father tell
Full many a time his tale. He knew him well, I
When first he left his own delightful France ,
To fight our battles. Vee, my daughter, then, i
1 hough less than twenty summer suns bad shed
Their light upon his brow—though be was young— I
Though fortune smil’d upen his noble birth— 1
Though pleasure woo’d him to her richest bowers,
And love its biandisments around him flung;—
Still, when he heard that in onr native land,
Our fathers, then a brave and injur’d race,
Were striving hard against Ihe oppressor’s power,
And pou'ing out their blood at Freedom’s shrine ;
When he heard this, he left l,i home, the scenes
Whelp he had danc’d life’s golden hours away,
And came to aid them. Then our nation’s arm
W as almost palsied by the weight it bore,
Her voice yet tremb'imc between hope and fear,
Greeted with joy the Hero. His bright sword,
.Held by a hand already nerv’d for fight,
And guided by a soul that fear’d no ill
That man could threaten, pointed out the way
To death or triumph. AdJ before be went
To cross again the stormy wave that rolls
lls vast dark tide beyond us, and to meet
Once more the partners of his peaceful hours,
lie saw the muttering clouds of War retire,
And angel Peace and white-robed Mercy smile.
CHILD.
But, father, did hie not come back again ? 1 *
l’*- heard thee say, that once, when he was old,
W hen, like thy own, his locks were gray with age,
He came again, and that a little girl,
Young as myself, gave him a wreath of flowers,
And that he kiss’d hsr for it. Was it so ?
FATHER.
After he left us, there were wars in France ;
Tier noblest blood was spilt like gushing water;
And, join’d in horrid compact, Anarchy
And ruin rul’d. Through all this reign of crime,
Whether the idol of a nation’s love,
Or chain’d by tyrants in a prison’s gloom,
This great and good man still remain’d the same—
The faithful friend of freedom and mankind.
When years had passed, and time had thrown its
snotv
Upon his temples, the loud voice of love
Culled him to come, and tread once more the soil.
Hi- youthful arm was lifted up to save.
Oh! what a scene niu't that have been to him ! I
Soon as his foot, had gained our happy shores, !
The arms of an old soldier who had bought
With him, receiv’d him. Then he could not
speak, jg- rifffl-.
But tears roll’d down Ids furrowed cheeks like
rain.
Four white and noble steeds his chariot drew.
He passed along, and every eye was wet,
While Heaven’* deep vault rung with the swell
ing shout
Os “ Welcome, Lafayette!” From every roof,
A nd every window, kerchiefs white were waving,
And snowy hands strewed all his path with flowers.
The way was crowned with cisick arches, green
And beautiful; while that fair banner, starr’d
And gtrip’d, wav’d ill the breeze, and proudly
hung
Its folds above him, lettered with these names
Where he had borne U, triumphing. He paused,
And smiling bow’d to the vast multitude.
A bright hair’d girl, with buoyant step advanc’d,
Wearing a nhbon with his portrait oa it,
And gave to him a garland she bad twin’d.
’Twa* made of flowers unfaded yet, and mire,
And stainless as her own while bosom. Then
He clasp’d the smiling cherub in his arms,
And that sweet pledge of childhood’s artless love,
Fill'd, as he kiss’d the girl, his eyu with tears.
Again the shout of joyful 11 Welcome,” rose,
. And every hill return’d the glad acclaim.
MISCELLANY.^
ITfaYETTK.
Extract of a Utter to the Editor of the Bos
ton Daily Advertiser, dated
Pahis, Jan. 30, 1885
The following notice of the distinguished
individual who ia now receiving from a
grateful people the reward of his early tie
notion to the cause of American Liberty,
may perhaps be acceptable to the reader*
of your paper. It is translated from “ the
Memoirs of the Coupt de Segur, wrilten by
himself,” a work which has lately appear
ed in this city. The author, who is still
living at Paris, was one of Ihe officers who
went to America in 1782, with the rein
forcement under the command of M. de La
Touch. He has since filled many civil and
diplomalirk stations, and i* the author n!
several ingenious work* in history and poli
ticks. After describing ihe sensation pro
duced in France by the arrival of Ihe Cotn
missioners from ihe American Congress, M.
de Segur proceeds:
“ Silas Dean and Arthur Lee frankly con
fessed that the aid of a number of well in
formed and accomplished officers, would he
agreeable as well as o*efn! to them. They
even told us that they were authorized to
promise to those of u* who would embrace
their caosp, promotion in proportion to ser
vices.
“The American troops already number
ed in their ranks several European volun
leers, whom the love of glory and mdepen
dence had led thither. The most distin
guished were two Poles, whose names will
he handed down to posterity: the brave
Puladri, and the illustrious Kosciusko, who
has since broken for a moment the chains of
hi* country, and did not yield until by his
repeated battles, and brilliant triumphs, he
had shaken the colossal power which attack
ed it. To these should be added Major
Fleury, who by his talents and succes-lnl
courage, has done honour to our country.
“ The three first Frenchmen, distinguish
ed by their rank at Court, who offered their
services to the American", were the Mar
qni” de Lafayette, the Viscount de Noailles,
and myself. IVe had long been united by
friendship and sitnilariiy of tastes, to which
were soon afler added the ties of blood.
Lafayette and the Viscount de Noailles hail
married daughters of the Dike de Nnaille*
then styled D'Aven: their mother, the
Dutchess D'Ayen. was daughter by a fir-t
marriage, of 111 D’AgUesseau, Counsellor of
‘state, and son of Chancellor D’Aguessean.
He had by a second marriage, twenty years
after, several children, one of whom was
M. D’Aguesseaii, now a P-er of France ; a
daughter, married to M. de Saron, Presi
dent of the Parliament of Paris; and anoth
er daughter, whom I married in the spring
of the year 1777; so that bv this alliance I
became uncle to my two friends. VVe all
promised to keep secret onr arrangements
with the American Commissioners, in order
to gain lime to sound the disposition of the
Court, and to get together the means ne
cessary for the execution of our project.
The conformity which existed between us
in feelings, opinions and wishes, unhappily
did not then extend to our fortunes. The
Viscount de Noailles and myself wpre de
pendent on our parents, from whom we re
ceivesl an annual allowance. Lafayette on
the contrary, although our junior both in
age and rank, found himself, by a singular
chance, at the agp of nineteen, master of
his property and person, and independent
possessor of one hundred thousand livres a
year.
“ We were too ardent to be long discreet.
We confidpd our plans to some young men
whom we hoped to induce to join our en
terprise. The Court got intelligence of
it, and the Ministry, alarmed lest the de
parture of volunteers of a distinguished
rank for America, which of course they
would be supposed to have authorized,
might discover to the English their views,
which they still wished to conceal, formal
ly commanded us to give up onr intention.
Our relations, who hitherto had known
nothing of it, took the alarm, and reproach
ed us in Ihe strongest terms for our adven
turous folly. I was particularly struck with
the surprise it produced in the family of
Lafayette. It was the more amusing to me,
m it shewed me how entirely his grand pa
rents had hitherto mistaken his character.
Lafayette had always, and particularly
when young, a grave and cold demeanour
which gave a false impression of embarrass
ment and timidity. This cold exteriour,
and a deliberate manner of speaking, form
ed a singular contrast with the petulance,
the frivolity, and brilliant loquacity of per
sons of his age. But this unpretending ex->
\ teriour concealed a mind the most active, a
character the most firm, and a soul the most
i ardent.
“ I had belter means of knowing him than
j any other person ; for the winter before,
being in lovfe with a young lady, as remark
able for the sweetness of her disposition as
for her heauty, he had suspected me with
! out tbe least reason of being his rival, and
| in spite of our friendship, had spent almost
the whole of a night at my lodgings, in try
ing to induce me to dispute with him, sword
] in hand, Ihe heart of a heauty to whom I
, had not the slightest pretensions.
“A few days after our quarrel and rec
onciliation, I could not help laughing to
, hear the Marshal de Noailles and others of
; his family beg me to use my influence over /
j him, in animating his indifference, arousing
him from his indolence, and imparting a lit- j
tie fire to hi* chancier. Imagine then
their surprise on hearitg of a sudden, that,
this young sage of nineteen, so cold, so
careless, led away by i passion for glory !
and for danger, was about to brave the
ocean, that he might join the struggle in fa
vour of American liberty.
“The prohibition which had been issued
against onr undertaking this great adven
ture, naturally produced upon ns very dis- ‘
ferent effects. The Viscount de Noailles
and I were* thunderstruck, as it absolutely
deprived us of the linerty and means of re
-istßnce; it proved on thejeontrary to Mim
uisite Lafayette, who feelijig that he posses
- ed all the roeaiia necessary for the purpose,
resolved to infringe it.
Ha however, dissembled, and seemed at
first to yield with us to the orders of the
Court. But two month” after, one morning
about seven o’clock, he entered my bed
chamber, shut (he door after him, and sit
tiDg down hy the side of my boil, said to me
— l I am off for America; not a soul knows
it; hot I have 100 much regard for you to
think of going without imparting my secret
to jou. But said I, what steps have you la
keo to se.cure your passage? He then told
me that having, under a plausible pretext
left France on a journey, he had purchased
a vessel, which was to wait for him in a
Spanish port. He had armed her, provided
a good crew, and had on board not only
arms and ammunition, but a considerable
number ,of officers besides, who bad con
seated to share his for tones. I had no need
of words to shew my friend the chagrin I
felt that 1 could not bear him company-
He felt it as sharply as myself, but we still
cherished the hope that war would break
out between England and France, which
would remove every obstacle to our renoi
on. Lafayette, afler having imparted hi*
intention also 1o the Viscount de Noailles,
immediately’ left Paris. His depart ore
caused the deepest affliction in his family,
who saw him not only abont to run the
greatest dangers of various kinds, but sacri
firing in the cause of so distant a country a
grdat pari of his fortune. His wife alone,
though greatly afflicted, loved him too much
not to share hi” feelings and approve hi
generou* resolution.
“The court instantly informed of his dis
obedience, gave orders for his arrest, which
were carried into execution. Thus.my tin
fortunate friend, afler so many sacrifices,
found himself deprived of his liberty at tbe
moment when he was setting forward to de
fend that of another hemisphere..
“ Happily, a few days after, having elud.
ed Ihe vigilance of his keepers, he escaped,
crossed the Pyrenees, and found on the
coast of Spain his vessel as well as bis com
panions lu arms, who had already despaired
of his appearance. He set sail, arrived
without accident in America, and received
there the welcome which his noble and
generous enterprise deserved.”
GALViNISM.
A late New York paper says—We yes
terday witnessed, at a lecture of Professor
M’Nevenon gulvinism, a most extraordina
ry occurrence, and one worth recording.
A cat, previously strangled until life ap
peared extinct, was laid on Ihe table. Its
neck was not dislocated, nor the animal
heat sensibly diminished, but it was motion
less and apparently lifeless. One of the
wires leading from the poles of the battery
was introduced into the rectum, the other
repeatedly applied to the month. The cat
was immediately thrown into violent con
vulsions, which were renewed at each ap
plication, the eyes also opened and shut.
In about one minute the animal stretched
out its paw and began to respire; it soon
breathed strongly, and in ten minutes walk
ed abont tbe room. From the complete
success of this experiment, we may justly
infer, that were Ibis powerful agent speed
ily applied in cases of suspender! animation,
the most happy results would ensue.
CRUELTY TO CATTLE.
The New England Farmer contains a
letter from Mr. Peabody, of Salem, on the
subject of a disease common amofig oxen,
which is produced by a severe beating on
tbe head, in a manner very intelligible to
every one acquainted with the anatomy of
these animals. “ There is in each cheek
bone of the ox, a large irregular cavity,
above the range of the teeth, anffieiently
capacious to contain half a pint. The ex
ternal portion of bone covering this cavity,
is abont two lines, or two tenths of an inch
in thickness. The.internal bones are, also,
thin. This cavity, in a healthy state, is
. empty.”
A blow of no great violence (nay easily
break (be bone above this cavity, and a
slow but fatal disease is (he almost inevita
ble consequence. Even if the bone is only
injured, the animal is in danger of suffering
seriously from ii. Swellings, tumours, &c.
usually denote an injury in that part; and if
they do not appear until two or three
weeks after tbe blow has been inflicted, the
probability is still greater that they will end
fatally.
Good Advice. —Tbfi famous Dr, Kitchiner, in
1 his new work, The Housekeeper's Ledger, gives
the following advice and illustration :
i “ Let your provision be abundant in quantity—
of excellent quality—cooked in the best style,
1 and put on the table in tbe neatest manner possi
ble. It is a good plan always to provide for at
1 least one more guest than you expect, especially
if you are not well acquainted with the capacity
| of yonr visiter. Some folks want (wo or three
times as much as others?—for instance, our incom
parable and inspired composer, Handel, required
uncommonly large and frequent supplies of food.
other stories told of this great musician,
it is said, that,’whenever he dined alone at a tav
ern, he always ordeied * dinner for three ;’ —and,
. on receiving for answer to bis question, ‘ Is de tin
, ner retty ?’— 1 A* soon as the company come :’
: he said ton strepito , * Den pring up de tinner,
prestissimo, I am de gombany.”
[* ‘('here is much truth in this observation. At
a rtcent festival, in this city, h gentleman consum
ed the following articles at one sitting: —three.
plates of mock turtle soup; one boiled chicken, i
with oyster sauce ; t tie best pari,of two brents ; j
one leg ami apiece of the breast of a mongrel I
goose ; a wing of a roasted turkey, fwith the usu-1
nl accompaniments besides a large quantity of!
calves’ feet jelly, pastry, wine, whiskey punch, 1
&c. He is now living, and “ likely to do tcell”
—on any similar occasion.] — Bost. Com . Adv.
A Connoisseur. — Vernet relates that he was
once employed to paint a landscape, with a cave,
and St. Jerome in it; he nccordingly painted the
landscape, with St. Jerome at the entrance of the
cave. When he delivered the picture, the pur
chaser, who understood nothing of the perspec
tive, said, “ The landscape and the cave are well
made, but St. Jerome is not in the cave.” 11 1
understand yon,sir,” replied Vernet, “ I willalter
it.” He therefore took back the painting, and
made ihe shade darker, so that Ihe saint seemed
to sit farther in. The gentleman .took the paint
ing ; but it again appeared to him that the saint
wa not in the cave. Vernet then wiped out the
figure, and gave it to the gen*le;uan, who seemed
perfectly satisfied. Whenever he saw strangers
to whom he showed the picture, he said, “Here
you see a picture by Vernet, with St. Jerome in
the cave. “ But we cannot see the saint,” repli
ed the visiters. “ Excuse me, gentlemen,” an
swered the possessor, he is there ; I have seen
him standing at the entrance, and afterwards far
ther back ; and am, therefore, quite *ure lie is in
it.”
On the first Tuesday in .May next,
Will, he sold at the Court-house in Wsiren
County, between the usual hours of sale,
the following properly, to wit.
Nicholas Dardan’s undivided in
terest in 2<jO acros of land, more or less, lying on
the waters of Williams’ Creek, adjoining lauds of
Aimer Dardan ami others; levied on as the prop
erty of Nicholas Dardan to satisfy sundry fi. Cs.
issued from a Justice’s Court in favour of Benja
min Hurt and others. Levied on and returned to
me by a Constable.
SOLOMON WILDER, D. S.
March 31, 1825-
Administrators Sale.
TJTILL be sold, agreeably to an order of the
v v honourable the Inferiour Court of Han
cock County sitting for Ordinary purposes, at the
Court-house door in the town of Sparta, on the
first Tuesday m June uext, between the usual
hours of sale:
A tract of land containing two!
hundred and twenty-seven acres, more or less,
adjoining Wiley, Ponce, and others, being a part
of the real estate of John Bailey, deceased, and
sold for the benefit of the heirs of said estate.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
SAMUEL A. BAILEY.) I
CHARES A. BAILEY, [ Jldnunulral9ri -
April 1, 1825. 40—tds
On the first Tuesday in May r.rxt,
AT Danielsville Madison county, will he sold,
between the usual hours, the following pro
perty, to wit:
One Negro boy by tbe name of
Bob, levied on as the property of John Cleghom,
to satisfy a fi. fa. issued on the foreclosure of a
mortgage in favour of Jacob Burton, administrator
of Christian Sewall, deceased. Property pointed
out in the mortgage. Conditions cash.
M. T. WILHITE, Shff.
Feb. 18, 1825.
Administratrix’s Sale.
WILL he sold at the Court-house in the town i
of Warrenton, Warren county, on the
first Tuesday in May next,
One lot of land in the town of
Wrightsborough, known in the plan of said town
by the No. 32, containing one acre, with a gin
house and running gear erected thereupon—Sold
by order of the Court of Ordinary of Warren j
county, as the property of David Cody, deceas
ed. Term* made known on sale day.
LUCRETIA CODY, AJm'x.
Feb. 25, 1825. td36
Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of the Rev.
Francis Ross, late of Hancock county, de
ceased, are requested to call on Mr. Samuel Tur
ner, senior, and settle ; as the notes are left in his
hands for collection, and be alone is authorized
to receive the same.
WM. F. WILKINS.
April 14, 1825. 3w41
Augusta Masonick Hall Lottery.
Authorized by the General Assembly of the State
of Georgia.
Samuel Hale, \ £ T Wm. Holt,
Robert R. Reid, fT. 1 John W. Wilde,
Taos. I. Wray, \I i D. Thompson,
Auo. Slaughter, jC (
SCHEME.
1 Prize of $30,000 is $30,000
1 Prize of 20,000 is 20,000
4 Prizes of 10,000 is 40,000
4 Prizes of 5,000 is 20,000
5 Prizes of 1,000 is 5,000
10 Prices of 500 is 5.000
50 Prizes of 100 is 5 000
100 Prizes of 50 is 5,000
5000 Prizes of 10 is 50,000
5175 Prizes. ) 180,000
12825 Blanks. \
18,000 Tickets at TEN DOLLARS.
Less than two and a half blanks to a prize.
THE PRIZES ONLY TO BE DRAWN,
And to be all floating from tbe commencement
except tbe following, which will be deposited
in the wheel at definite periods, viz.
OH THE FIRST DRAWING.
1 prize of 10,000 & 1 of 500
2d. 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 ofI.OOO tc lof 500
3d. 1 prize of 10.000 & 1 of 500
4th.t prize of 5,000 & 1 of 1,000 &1 of 500
sth. 1 prize of 10,000 & 1 of 500
6th 1 prize of 5,000 & 1 of 1,000 & 1 of 500
7th. 1 prize of 10,000 & 1 of 5,000 & 1 of 500
Bth. 1 prize of 20,000 & 1 of 1,000 & 2 of 500
9th. 1 prize of 30,000 & 1 of 1,000 & 1 of 500
The Scheme is splendid, and for richness and
safety of invertment, offers equal if not superiour
inducements to any of the Northern Lotteries.
2’lre whole Lottery to be completed in
NINE DRAWINGS ONLY.
m Frizes payable in Thirty Days after ‘the com
pletion of the drawing, if applied for within 12
months.
Prize Tickets will be received in payment for
any Tickets that may remain uusold in the course
of the Drawing.
PRESENT PRICE OF TICKETS,
10 DOLLARS.
For sale in Wholes, Halves and Quarters, by
W. M. TURNER, Agent.’ \ !
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Vol. 1. contains a Critical Inquiry into the
Genuineness, Authenticity. Uncarrupted Preser
vation, aud Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures.
Vol. 11. In Two Parts, treats, first on Sacred
Criticism; including an Historical and Critical
Account of the Original Languages of Scripture,
and of the Cognate or kindred Dialects; an Ac
count (with numerous Fac Similes) of the princi
pal Manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments,
&c.&c. ill this part of the work, Ihe History of
the Authorized English Version of the Bible is
particularly considered. The Various Readings,
the Quotations from the Old Testament ir. the
New, Ihe Poetry of the Hebrews and Harmonies
of the Scriptures, form a portion of this part.
Second Part. Os the Imterprktatio* of s
the Scriptures Subsidiary Means for aj-|
certaining Ihe Sense of the Scripture, viz—Anal-i
ogy of Languages; Analogy of Scripture; Scho
lia and Glossaries; Subject-matter, Context,
Scope, Historical Circumstances, and Christian
Writers.
These discussions are followed by the applica
tion of the preceding principles —to the Historical
Interpretation of the Sacred Writings ; The inter
pretation of the Figuratii'e Language of Scrip
ture; the Spiritual Interpretation of the Scrip
tures; the interpretation of Prophtcy, of Types,
of the Doctrinal and Moral parts of Scripture, of
the Promises, and Threatcnings therein contain
ed ; and the Inferential and Practical Reading of
the Sacred W ritings.
Vol- 111. contains an Outline of the Historical
and Physical Geography of the Holy Land. The
Political and Military Affairs of the Jewish and
other Nations incidentally mentioned in the Scrip
tures. Sacred Antiquities of the Jews. The
Domestick Antiquities, or the Private Life, Man
ners, Customs, Amusements, &c. of the Jews aud
other Nations incidentally mentioned in the Scrip
tures.
Vol. IV. is appropriated to the Analysis of
Scripture.
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